{"value"=>"<p>This series documents his career as a scholar from the early 1960s to the first decade of the 21st century. Many of the letters in the correspondence sub-series deal with the planning of events at PSR and other institutions, and Smith's employment negotiations and offers. Smith's personal reflections on the course of his career, his employment options, and some of his professional experiences are documented in the faculty reports, journals, and reflections that were either written as part of his duties at PSR or as professional reference.</p> <p>Notable items in the Unpublished Talks, Unpublished Writing, and Published Writing subseries include papers on homosexuality, abuse, and drugs and their impact on the black family and church; manuscript annotations and emendations to lecture notes; unpublished talks of the Jonestown mass murders/suicides and religious cults in general; and an early draft of a chapter of his first book, <span class=\"title\">The Relational Self</span>. Smith's experiences as a researcher are documented in a folder devoted to a study he led at the Pacific School of Religion in the late 1970s that examined student's religious and spiritual beliefs. The teaching sub-series consists of syllabi, evaluations, and materials relating to Smith's resignation from PSR in 2011.</p>"}